Travis Hunter's Heisman Trophy Odds Drop After Week 1 Performance
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00:00that price in half for Travis Hunter from preseason to
00:07following game number one and then some 60 to 1 becomes 25 to
00:131. Again, seven grabs for 132 yards and three touchdowns. I'm
00:18not sure what the final snap count was last night for Hunter
00:22but I have to assume it was over 100 plays on either side of
00:27the football. He is doing what is necessary to actually be in
00:31Heisman Trophy consideration as a non-quarterback and he put
00:36that on display in game number one. He did too and also Ben,
00:40let's differentiate what it takes to win a Heisman Trophy
00:42from the quarterback standpoint to the wide receiver
00:45standpoint. The quarterback is going to be judged on a lot
00:47more metrics. Did you win your division? Did you win your
00:50division? Did you win your conference? Did you go to the
00:52the playoffs? Did you have a couple Heisman moments? Did you
00:55upset a big team? Did you have a monster performance in prime
00:57time? Well, from a wide receiver position, let's just
01:01say Colorado does go bowling and wins six games or let's
01:05just say they don't and win five games but if you look at
01:07the end of the season and your wide receiver has 114 catches
01:11for 1695 yards and 13 touchdowns, they really don't
01:15care what your record is because there's no indication
01:18that it's your fault as a wide receiver. Your team wasn't
01:20winning football games when you're picking up statistics
01:23unlike the quarterback position where you're judged
01:25on wins and losses and statistics combined. So, I
01:28look at Travis Hunter last night and say to myself, it's
01:30clear. Shador Sanders is a great quarterback. Their
01:33defense is going to be bad. They're going to have to throw
01:35the football all over the lot. Yeah. So, would you be
01:38surprised on a week to week basis? Honestly, like if
01:40Travis Hunter does an average 100 yards receiving per game on
01:44their schedule this year, it would be surprising. He's going
01:47to put up monster numbers just by default. He's great. His
01:50quarterback is great and the defense is going to give up a
01:53lot of points which means you gotta keep throwing.